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Kids Classics on the Kentucky Classics Web. A brief listing of children's books based on ancient works. Includes some based on the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Titles from the Library of Congress
The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Fall of Troy
1982. By Padraic Colum; illustrations by Willy Pogany. New York: Collier Books, 1982. LC: PZ8.1.C723 Ci 1982 Dewey: 292.1/3 883
Andromache's Hector and Helenus: A Trojan War Novel Based on the Iliad
1989. by Richard McCullogh Byers Baltimore, MD: Fairfield House, 1989. LC: MLCM 89/07143
The Simpsons. Homer's Odyssey
1990. Directed by Wesley Archer LC: VBN 7417 (viewing copy)
Ulysses
1979. Book/play and lyrics by Ken Pickering; music and additional lyrics by Keith Cole. England: Ganymede Music, 1979. LC: M1500.C6903 U6 1979
The Story of Yuriwaka: A Japanese Odyssey
1991. translated and retold by Erik and Masako Haugaard; illustrated by Brigitta Saflund. Niwot, Colo., USA: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, c1991 LC: PZ8.1.H276 St 1991 Dewey: 398.2/0952